Overview

In this multidisciplinary guide on the important issues surrounding dying and bereavement in today's health care and social environment, the contributions examine the issues of death and dying as a continuum, from death education and care of the dying to grief and bereavement. Features Include: Personal stories introducing each section New chapter on physical therapy with the dying

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While their book is based on practice knowledge, rather than research, the information it provides may be particularly useful for those professionals who have not had hands on experience with people at the last stages of dying....It is a resource that ought not to be left on the bookshelf, but referred to time and again by those who care for people facing the final stage of life that we will ultimately experience. -Death Studies 2005 vol. 29(4)

While their book is based on practice knowledge, rather than research, the information it provides may be particularly useful for those professionals who have not had hands on experience with people at the last stages of dying...It is a resource that ought not to be left on the bookshelf, but referred to time and again by those who care for people facing the final stage of life that we will ultimately experience. -Death Studies 2005 vol. 29(4)

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Inge Baer Corless, RN, PhD, FAAN, has held academic positions at Russell Sage College, the University of Michigan, the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, as well as her current position at the MGH Institute of Health Professions at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Barbara B. Germino, PhD, RN, FAAN, is currently Professor at the School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and holds the Carol Ann Beerstecher-Blackwell Chair of Thanatology. Mary A. Pittman, DrPH, is President of HRET (Hospital Research and Education Trust) and a member of the executive staff of the American Hospital Association.

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